Category: Hand Plane How-tos

Making A Bench Plane Tote

 Making A Bench Plane Tote First i download the  templates …. Here are some Hand Plane templates. Sargent 407 tote template     Totes-Sargent #407 […]

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Can you save that cutter

Its not unusual to find pitted cutters on vintage planes. The question becomes “can you save them”? In some cases its possible. There are two […]

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Restoring the Sargent Transitional Part 5 – The Before & After

  Other Transitionals I have restored   –Previous        

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Restoring the Sargent Transitional Part 4 – Base

  You get lots of opinions on what to do and not to do when it comes to restoring/refinishing the base. I hear “never sand” […]

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Restoring the Sargent Transitional Part 3 – The Blade

If you plan to use you transitional, as with any plane, you want the blade (iron or cutter if you prefer) cleaned up and sharpened. […]

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Restoring the Sargent Transitional Part 2 – The Knob & Tote

While the parts are soaking in the Citric Acid Bath, we’ll turn our attention to the knob and tote. This one needs some repair. This […]

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Restoring the Sargent Transitional Part 1

This is a Sargent type 2 #3416 (a #26 in Stanley terms. It 15” long. The body is beech. I’m going to do a restore […]

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Tuning it up, Bench plane style

Following is some advice on how to make almost any plane work well. I’ll try to separate out my experience in the differences between these and vintage plane.

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How to set up a Hand Plane

How to set up a Hand Plane How to tune your plane is here —> Writing a blog about How to set up a Hand […]

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Bench Plane Restoration Guide. Part 2

This is part two of two of a series on how to restore a Bench Plane Part 1 of the Bench Plane Restoration Guide By: […]

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